sleep

It is early evening, but I'm off to bed because its oscar night in about 7 hours! Wake me in time.

black paper

occupational therapy graphics

Here's some OT memorabilia from my mom's 'paper bits' drawer. 

First is a Manual Dexterity test (suprisingly difficult), second a reference card for pupil dilation with a coma scale index on the reverse and third a printed card (occupational therapy students learn extensive artisinal skills in their 1st year).

untitled

My wee exhibit is over. Now for 2011 albeit a month late.

Alsterblick auf St. Georg

      Another lovely thing found at Quagga.

forest floor

Hello 2011

 

Happy New Year!

(photograph from Matthew's first medium format venture!)

Good morning to you darling

'A happy Xmas & all sorts of good wishes for you
for the New Year'

I am going swimming in cocacola tsitsikamma water

This is my mother doing just that . 

(One of my recent characters kind of reminds me of her)

planets and sweet beets

one of the Georges

wear sunscreen

This Summer I'm going to practice what I preach.

jungles & swimming pools

favourite subject matter.

A postcard of Max Ernst's La Joie de vivre 1936,
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
I paid this painting many visits when I lived in Edinburgh.

and...
another pool photograph taken just before my parents moved from their home of thirty years.

surplus otter

This little guy almost worked in an illustration I'm busy with, but didn't. He'll have to live here for now.

chrysanthemum

Polestar

I've been digging through storage boxes again and found several volumes of Cassell's Popular Educator. I can't find a publication date but from what I can tell its late 19th century. The engraved illustrations are beautiful; the chapters on 'ethnology' exceptionally racist. My favourite pages are those flagged by my grandmother: Lessons in Penmanship and Lessons in Music.

while i'm on the topic of cold climates...

Here's another polar bear. He belongs to Miche , but his family's for sale at Montebello gallery in Newlands avenue this weekend.

swimming bear

a londonish illustration

Michelle was so kind to have me do the poster/flyer illustration for her sister's new theatre piece showing in October in London. I had such fun with this one! 

More details here. 

here she is in full: 

thanks M!

rhino day

Today is Rhino poaching awareness day

September 22nd.

From:
Tate Etc. Issue 10, Summer 2007, Page 44

'Dali on the set of CBS Morning Show' (1956)
as photographed by Philippe Halsman

(and redrawn by me)

and bees!

Vicki Thomas teaches the scientific illustration module of our degree course. She's the Grande Dame of botanical illustration in this part of the world, and taught us ways with watercolour (with patience and grace). 

These bumblebees are half-way finished but I think I'll leave them as they are. I paid the Kirstenbosch Biennale a visit on Sunday. Lovely stuff; my favourite was Sibonelo Chiliza's painstaking colour pencil work. The show ends September 24th and entry is free.